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Weekly Information Bulletin: 27th December 2000

SELECT COMMITTEES

A Complete list of Select Committee membership and a Factsheet (No.4) is available on request from the House of Commons Information Office. The list and Factsheet are also on the Parliament Website. The address is http://www.parliament.uk


SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
18 - 21 DECEMBER 2000

Monday 18th December 2000

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Subject: Maintaining the Royal Palaces

Witnesses: Mr Robin Young, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Sir Michael Peat, Keeper of the Privy Purse

 

 


Tuesday 19th December 2000

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Subject: OFTEL: Local Loop Unbundling

Witnesses: Cable and Wireless, Kingston Communications, Thus and Energis; OnCue Telecommunications, Atlantic Telecom Group and IOMart

   

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Subject: Operation of the National Lottery

Witnesses: New Opportunities Fund

   

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Subject: Annual Report on Human Rights

Witness: Mr Peter Hain, MP

   

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Subject: OFTEL: Local Loop Unbundling

Witnesses: British Telecommunications plc

   


Wednesday 20th December 2000

JOINT MEETING: EUROPEAN SCRUTINY COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE, AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Subject: Market access for least-developed countries and the sugar regime

Witnesses: The Rt. Hon. Richard Caborn MP and the Rt. Hon Joyce Quin MP

   

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EMPLOYMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: New Deal: An Evaluation

Witness: Mr Gary Young and Ms Rebecca Riley, National Institute for Economic and Social Research

   

NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS

Subject: Relocation following Paramilitary Intimidation

Witnesses: Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NIACRO)

   

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Subject: Scientific Advisory System: Scientific Advice on Climate Change

Witnesses: The Rt. Hon Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, and Officials from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

   

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Subject: Making Government Work

Witnesses: Mr David Walker, The Guardian and Professor Patrick Dunleavy, London School of Economics

   


Thursday 21st December 2000

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Delivering Sustainable Waste Management

Witness: The Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment

   


PROVISIONAL FORTHCOMING SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS

9 - 11 JANUARY 2001

Tuesday 9th January 2001

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Subject: To be confirmed

Witnesses: To be confirmed

10.30a.m.

Public

15


Wednesday 10th January 2001

DEFENCE

Subject: Framework Agreement concerning Measures to Facilitate the Restructuring and Operation of the European Defence Industry (Cm 4895)

Witnesses: Mr David Gould, Deputy Chief of Defence Procurement and Mr Mike Jenner, Director of Export Services Policy

10.30a.m.

Public

15

SCOTTISH AFFAIRS

Subject: To be confirmed

Witnesses: To be confirmed

10.30a.m.

Public

5

NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS

Subject: Parades Commission

Witnesses: To be confirmed

4.15p.m.

Public

6

EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

Subject: To be confirmed

Witness: Mr Keith Vaz MP

4.00p.m.

Public

19

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

Subject: Pre-Budget Report: Fuel Duties

Witnesses: Transport 2000; AA

4.15p.m.

Public

20

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Subject: Making Government Work

Witnesses: Professor Ron Amman, Centre for Management and Policy Studies and Professor Christopher Hood, London School of Economics

4.30p.m.

Public

The Grimond Room,

Portcullis House


Thursday 11th January 2001

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Subject: To be confirmed

Witnesses: To be confirmed

10.00a.m.

Public

15

HEALTH

Subject: Public Health

Witnesses: Theresa Edmunds, Community Health Co-ordinator, Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority, Shirley Goodwin, Assistant Director of Health Strategy, Hillingdon Health Authority; Valerie Little, Director of Health Planning, Sandwell Health Authority and Mr Mark Blake, Executive Director, Blackliners

10.30a.m.

Public

8

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

Subject: Higher Education

Witnesses: To be confirmed

2.15p.m.

Public

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Please note: The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded, and the place altered without notice and Committees which sit at short notice may not be included in this list. The list is correct as at press (12 noon Friday); For confirmation see Select Committee home pages on the Internet (www.parliament.uk) or telephone the Committee Office dedicated line on 020 7219 2033. This provides recorded information about forthcoming meetings over the next two sitting days. The general enquiry lines for committee activity are 020 7219 3267/4300.

 
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